If you've followed all the other Firebot guides up until this point, you should be ready to go with adding effects to your buttons. If you have yet to finish those steps, make sure to check the guides out prior to adding effects.
Hover your mouse over Button 1 and an 'Edit' option will appear in the upper right corner. Click this button.
An Edit Button window will open up. Here is a run down of the settings:
Button Text: This is what is displayed on your Mixer interactive board. Just keep in mind that this will be overwritten by the button name in Mixer Developer Lab next time you save and sync. So if you want to change a button name, I would recommend doing it directly in Mixer Developer Lab.
Tooltip: When a user hovers their mouse over the button, a text box will pop up displaying whatever text you enter here.
Sparks Cost: The cost, in Sparks, a user 'pays' to use the button. This will temporarily overwrite the sparks cost set in Mixer Developer Lab. This will also be overwritten by the by Mixer Developer Lab values next time you save and sync. If you want to permanently change the sparks cost, I would recommend doing it directly in Mixer Developer Lab.
Cooldown(secs): The buffer time required before this button can be used again. A countdown will be displayed on the button until the button is activated again.
Threshold: A unique option that I incorporate into my stream. This number will be the amount of times the button must be pressed before it is activated. This threshold will be shared across all users.
Permission:
None: The default option. Every user will have the ability to activate this button.
Group: Allows you to select which Firebot group can activate this button.
Individual: Allows you to enter individual users who can activate this button.
Other:
Active Button: If unchecked, this will disable the button.
Show Chat in Feed: If checked, the activity will be displayed in the chat feed.
Skip Logging: If checked, this activity will not be logged in the moderation panel.
What should this button do?: This is where you add an effect to the button.
Click the '+Add Effect' button to start customizing a specific effect.
A window will open up. Click the first text box and it will open up a list of the available effects. Here is an image of all the effects as of version 4.10.5. Lots to choose from! In this tutorial we will focus on a simple GIF file. So select the 'Show Image' option.
A new window will open up. Click 'Choose File' and browse to your file location. Alternately, you can choose an online image by clicking the URL option then pasting in your image link.
In my example, I created a folder within My Documents to keep all my Firebot media. Select a file and click 'Open'. We will be using a Game Over GIF for our example. If you have yet to build a GIF library then some quick Google images searches might be a good start or perhaps give Giphy a try.
Your GIF will now be associated with the button effect. Here is a quick run down of the available settings:
Overlay Display Location: This section will allow you to adjust your image location on screen by selecting preset quadrants, specific coordinates or even random preset locations. I will just leave it on the default center screen preset for this example.
Enter/Exit Animations: This section gives you a lot of choices to jazz up your image/GIF. The default fade in/out is decent, but feel free to experiment with other animation options.
Dimensions: If you leave this blank, your image will be displayed at its full resolution. You can reduce the size on screen by entering in custom dimensions.
Duration: Adjust the timing of how long your image displays on screen. This is a nice option that will allow you to shorten the display time of a long GIF.
The disclaimer at the bottom of the window is a reminder to link Firebot to your broadcast software. If you have still yet to do this, make sure to first link Firebot to OBS otherwise your images will not display on stream.
Click 'Add' when you are all happy with your settings. Don't worry, you can always come back later to make adjustments.
Under the 'What should this button do?' section you will now see the 'Show Image' effect that you created. You can always click on the effect if you ever need to edit it. You can also click the three vertical dots to the right if you ever want to duplicate, copy or delete this effect.
Click 'Save Changes' and the effect can now be triggered to display in your broadcast software, but lets go ahead and add the accompanying sound effect. Click the '+Add Effect' button again.
This time in the Add New Effect window lets select 'Play Sound'
A new sound effect selection window will open up. Click 'Choose' and lets browse for our file.
In my example, lets browse back to the folder I created within My Documents where I keep all my Firebot media. Select the file and click 'Open'. We will be using a Game Over mp3 file for our example but Firebot will accept many audio file formats. You can build a sound fx library with some quick Google searches. Be creative!
Your mp3 file will be associated with the button effect. You can also adjust the volume of the sound clip along with the output device if need be.
Click 'Add' to finish up the sound effect.
Your button will now be loaded up with both your image and sound effects and should be ready to test out. For good measure I added a 30 second cooldown to prevent spamming of the button. This tutorial just covers the basics of a simple GIF and sound fx combo. There are lots more you can experiment with. I plan on writing some additional guides for more Firebot effects so keep an eye out for those.
Another nice effect worth mentioning is 'Cooldown - cooldown some buttons'. This effect comes in handy when you have multiple buttons and you want multiple buttons to go on cooldown together. Again, this is a great way to avoid spamming of buttons.
The button is ready to go. Lets open up your broadcasting software, OBS in our case, and lets test it out! Just ensure your Firebot overlay is turned on and simply press the button via the Firebot interface. No need to go live and start streaming. You can also test the button directly on your Mixer channel, again without going live. If you want to test it this way, make sure your streamer and bot accounts are still logged in. Click the toggle connection button at the bottom left of the Firebot main screen. The four smaller icons in the bottom left should connect and turn green. You may get errors every now and then. Just try clicking the connection button again if this happens.
As Firebot is connecting you will see a 'Connecting to Interactive...' message in your Mixer channel below your stream/offline window.
If all goes well, your interactive board will connect and turn on in your Mixer channel.
Pro Tip: Make sure your streaming account and your bot accounts are exempt from Sparks costs otherwise your Sparks will be debited every time you click the buttons. No need to lose your hard earned Sparks in your own channel! Go into Firebot - Moderation. Then under 'Spark Exemption' enter your streamer account name and click 'Exempt'. I would then do the same for your bot account name in case you are ever logged in as the bot and testing buttons.
Try pressing 'button 1' and it should activate within OBS. If you set a cooldown, a timer should also go off. Using these guides you can now go back and create additional button and effects. Have fun!